(Above: Frodeno, also from Germany, with a bike split of 4:37:19 came in third place.

CORRECTION: My apologies. An awesome person who made a comment found this mistake:This is actually Cyril Viennot from France. He finished in 5th place!!! )

(Above: Nice can(s)!!! heheee!!Meredith Kessler with an open can of something in her jersey.Can't wait to hear what she was drinking.I saw Meredith at the Challenged Athletes Foundation's San Diego Triathlon Challenge today (10/19/14) and shetold me. Guess what it is?)

(Above: Daniela Ryf, from Switzerland hammers it on the bikes

with a time of 4:54:33.

Rinny's time was 5:05:48!!Daniela's run was 3:07:00Rinny's run was 2:50:26!!Daniela and third place Rachel Royce (4:56:49) from Great Britain,

were the only two female athletes in the top 20 who finished the bikes in under 5 hours. )

(Above: Rachel Royce of Great Britain. The lady in red!!Look at those calves!! Beautiful. Sculpted.THAT'S hard work for ya.)

(Above: Julianne Schliebs (1729) from Australia looks like she has quite some road rash. Finishing time: 11:11:56 Well done!!)

(Above: Does Rinny's feet touch the ground?)

(Above: The answer is no!! She flys.)

(Above: Age-grouper at around mile 10 and Daniella Ryf at around mile 25.)

(Above: Rachel Royce about about a mile or so from

the finish line.)

(Above: THERE is A LOT going on in this photo.Look all the way above the German flag and below the "X"

of TIMEX. The gentleman that looks like Santa Claus

has some amazing stories and is very well known in the

neighborhood. He invited me into his house two years ago

after I asked how the view of the finish line would look

from his house. Such a nice guy and his wife is so kind.Well, Uncle Harry is the brains behind.....wait for it...

the ingredients of Paul Mitchell's Shampoo.He also has a stake in the tequila company, Patron.AMAZING guy. Fantastic stories.So cool to get him in the photo with Sebastian Kienle

coming in through the Finisher's arch in 1st place.

The guy on the left of Sebastian holding up the green phone

looks happier than Sebastian who just won!! heehhee!!)

(Above: The Ironman World Champion of 2014, Sebastian Kienle from Germany gives his girlfriend a nice big hug.)

(Above: Jan Frodeno from Germany comes in third place about 6 minutes after 1st place.

Sebastian Kienle's Swim Time: 54:38

Ben Hoffman's Swim Time: 51:20

Jan Frodeno's Swim Time: 50:56

Andy Pott's (USA) Swim Time: 50:56

Overall time

Sebastian Kienle: 8:14:18

Ben Hoffman:8:19:23

Jan Frodeno:8:20:32

Andy Potts:8:21:38

(From Ironman.Com)

(Above: Jan Frodeno, exhausted yet happy!!)

(Above: Ben Hoffman's girlfriend sheds some happy tears when they embrace right after Ben finishing.)

(Aboe: Ben Hoffman's girlfriend isn't looking at my lens.Ben Hoffman happens to be right in front of me and she's looking with tear-filled eyes at him. Beautiful!!)

(Above: Sebastian Kienle and his girlfriend are ushered towards an interview.)

(Above: Half a second later, Sebastian's girlfriend is overcome with

emotion and wipes tears from her eyes.)

(Above: Overwhelmed with emotions from the day, Sebastian's girlfriend can no longer hold back the tears. Sebastian had pangs of doubt going into the race. He thought that he wasn't good enough. He thought that he wouldn't make it. He voiced his struggles right after finishing and it goes to show that no matter what the fragile mind "thinks" and tell you "not do something," sometimes it is good to suit up and show up. AND WIN!!)

(Above: Sebastian saying some tender words after seeing his girlfriend overcome and overwhelmed with emotions.A sweet and tender moment.As a photographer, ya never know whenmagic will happen. You've got to be ready.This is one of my favorite photos. Why?Because it can't be duplicated. And only three orfour other people saw this happening.And only one captured it.Lucky!!!Suit up. Show up.)

(Above: Sebastian Kienle giving an interview right after the race

with a German TV station.)

(Above: Jay Frodeno, with a great race, gets interviewed by a German news station.)

(Above: Andy Potts. 4th place and 2nd American to finish this year's IM Kona.He's loving the pretty petal from the lei.USA!! USA!! USA!!)

(From Ironman.Com)

(Above: I love how Andrea is posing for a photo in the bike mount area. Work it girl.)

(Above: The amazing and happy and classy and elegant Cherie Gruenfeld, author and multiple Kona finisher, is about toget on her bike for the grueling and windy 112 miles.Swim: 1:34:25Bike: 7:25:08Run: 5:01:06Finish: 14:09:13)Read more about Cherie: http://www.cheriegruenfeld.com/

(Above: LA Tri Club's Jeff Ku returning to Kona. Nicest guy EVER!!)

(Above: Andrea smiling with less than one mile from the transition area.)

(Above: Hi Rebecca. Lovely and happy smile.We met when we did Ironman Coeur d'Alene in 2010 and have been friends ever since!!)

(Above: My gal, Ginny from Philly!!)

(Above: Eyes looked on the photographer!!Smile emerges!! )

(Above: Beautiful smile. Beautiful gal!!)

(Above: See you soon!!)

(Above: Andrea makes it look easy.)

(Above: GO Claudia GO!!Mother of two. How does she find the time to train?She makes it!!!!)

(Above: Lynne doing what she does best. RUN!!)

(Above: Collectively, WE, WE, WE are soooooooproud of all your hard work. It's a dream come true for youbut you paid the price, sacrificed, delayed gratification,put in the time and did so with grace, beauty and a smile.)

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